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19 May - pm - Blogs I'm Following 1 of 2

*Reuters:* *Rouhani leads Iran presidential race, expected to win: source* President Hassan Rouhani has an unassailable lead in Iran's presidential election, an Iranian official source told Reuters on Saturday, citing an early unofficial tally, and is on course to defeat his hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi. "It's over, Rouhani is the winner," the source said on condition of anonymity. Rouhani had won 21.6 million votes, compared to 14 million for Raisi, with 37 million votes counted, the source added. There were about four million more votes still to be tallied, the source said. Mo...more »

The Climate Industrial Complex (CIC) cannot be accused of thinking small. At the state level, The approval of California bill SB52 by both houses of the state legislature means carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be lowered to levels 40% below levels measured in 1990. This is expected to necessitate the development of massive numbers of […]

*"A Cat Named Sloopy"* "For awhile the only earth that Sloopy knew was in her sandbox. Two rooms were her domain. Every night she'd sit in the window among the avocado plants waiting for me to come home, my arms full of canned liver and love. We'd talk into the night then, contented, but missing something. She the earth she never knew, me the hills I ran while growing bent. Sloopy should have been a cowboy's cat, with prairies to run, not linoleum, and real-live catnip mice, no one to depend on but herself. I never told her, but in my mind I was a midnight cowboy even then. R...more »

*David Axe, Daily Beast:* *Russia’s ‘Killer Satellites’ Re-Awaken* *The trio of mysterious spacecraft were idle for at least a year. Now they’re zooming toward foreign satellites again—and no one really knows why.* A trio of mysterious Russian government satellites startled space experts when, shortly after blasting into low orbit between 2013 and 2015, they began dramatically changing their orbits, demonstrating a rare degree of maneuverability for small spacecraft. Now after being idle for a year or more, two of the mystery-sats are on the move again. On April 20, 2017, one of t...more »

*Pennsylvania Republicans Gale and Meeham* Pat Meehan is a pretty ho-hum Republican member of Congress-- someone I'd call a back-bencher or, in a feistier mood, a knee-jerk GOP zombie. He's cautious not to freak out independent voters in his swingy ultra-gerrymandered suburban district outside of Philly, with pieces of Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Berks, and Lancaster counties. Obama beat McCain there and then Romney narrowly bested Obama 50-49%. Last year, the district swung back towards the Democrats as Hillary beat Trump 49.3% to 47.0%. Patrick Meehan, a Bush-appointed US Atto... more »

*Matt Agorist* - He left the feature film, television, and commercial production scene because he says it is rife with pedophilia. The post Hollywood Insider Speaks Out, Claims a Global Pedophile Ring Controls Hollywood appeared first on Waking Times.

"Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The bubble of expanding gas pictured below is the planetary nebula PK 164 +31.1, the remnants of the atmosphere of a Sun-like star expelled as its supply of fusion-able core hydrogen became depleted. Visible near the center of the nebula is what remains of the core itself- a blue-hot white dwarf star. This particularly photogenic planetary nebula shows intricate shells of gas likely expelled at different times toward the end the star's demise, and whose structure is not fully understood. *Click image for larger size.* This deep i...more »

*"How to Protect Your Energy"* By Judith Orloff MD “As you go through the intuitive healing process you need to know: each of us has our own special power. We carry it within; it waits to be awakened. Call it your inner self, your spirit, or light–however conceived, you must meet and come to know your core-essence. The source of all intuition, it is your fiercest ally and advocate against danger. By connecting with this part of yourself you’ll mount confidence, feel safer in the world. Then whatever or whoever crosses your path–even the devil incarnate–will be no match for your res...more »

Originally posted on Sierra Foothill Commentary: Australia is part of our planet and, “What Goes Around, Comes Around” so …… Interesting, simple, 3-minute presentation of the CO2 issue. A physical model used to illustrate something that is totally lost on almost every American. Watch this video and become one of the people in the know!…

Zionist ‘666’ Israel is a Satanic counterfeit. It is NOT the Israel of the Bible! Published on May 17, 2017 The Gaza Strip cannot provide for the basic needs of its residents under a decade-long Israeli blockade. As our correspondent Hala Alsafadi says, a UN official has told a Gaza presses that the situation is […]

Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias by Heat Street Staff, https://heatst.com/ A major new study out of Harvard University has revealed the true extent of the mainstream media’s bias against Donald Trump. – Academics at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzed coverage from Trump’s first 100 days in office […]

Published on May 19, 2017 Israeli regime forces have attacked a demonstration in the occupied West Bank injuring nine Palestinians. Israeli troops opened live fire and used rubber bullets on the protesters near the Qalandia checkpoint in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds. The protest was held in solidarity with a mass hunger strike in Israeli jails. The […]

Published on May 19, 2017 Alex Jones analyzes video of CIA Analyst Michael Scheuer as he destroys every leftist Anti-american talking point that lame BBC tele prompter reading puppet can throw at at him. end

Published on May 19, 2017 A team of analysts from Newsbusters.org studied a 20-hour period of programming on CNN (from 4am until 11pm on Friday, May 12, 2017). They discovered that 92% of the news network’s entire airtime was filled with discussion of the Trump administration, the vast majority of which was cast in a […]

Kucinich: ‘Deep State’ Trying to ‘Destroy the Trump Presidency’ by http://insider.foxnews.com/ Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said Americans must put party politics aside and acknowledge that the federal government is “under attack from within.” – Kucinich said the “deep state” within the bureaucracy is trying to “destroy Donald Trump’s presidency.” He said there is a “politicization” […]

Published on May 18, 2017 In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange covers the breaking news of the Bilderberg Group’s location and date of this year’s secretive meeting. We go over correlation of Trump’s impeachment with the location of this year’s meeting in D.C, the lies in the official bilderberg group press release, its contradictions, […]

Published on May 18, 2017 FBI Director James Comey testified under oath that the Trump Administration didn’t try to obstruct his investigations, but may give opinions about things, which doesn’t qualify as obstruction or trying to interfere. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

Published on May 18, 2017 Earnings are in and the major companies are reporting declining earnings and don’t expect growth this year. Auto manufactures are backing out of their promises to bring jobs back to America. Housing recovery is non-existent as mortgage apps decline and sales decline. Philly Fed smashed expectations at the same time […]

Russian President Putin with Russian Prime Minister Medvedev *Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg:* *Russians Are Laughing at the U.S., Not Just at Trump* *To many Americans, this is his mess. But to outsiders, it's about America's weakness.* President Donald Trump was only half wrong when he tweeted last week that "Russia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart." Russian officials are laughing quite openly. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's trolling of FBI Director James Comey's firing was relatively benign; ostensibly, Lavrov's mock surprise at being t...more »

*Written by Grant G* What a politically delicious paradoxical box we find ourselves in, paralyzed waiting, wondering who will boldly lead us to the promised land... A minority government in the waiting, that is if one can charm the illustrious Green leader Andrew Weaver, an invigorated club wielding leader, holding keys to the castle, keys that can be acquired if the price is right. I remember the 90's, very well, a working man could afford to buy a house with a medium income, those are the facts of the 90,s economy, yes mines closed in the late 90,s but not because of BC,s g...more »

*Warfare History Network* *Security, Asia* How a line of American battleships, raised from the mud of Pearl Harbor, decimated a Japanese task force. At 2:43 pm on October 24, 1944, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf received a dispatch from Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, commander of the Central Philippines Attack Force. The message was straightforward and direct: “Prepare for night engagement,” and was duly logged aboard Oldendorf’s flagship, the heavy cruiser USS Louisville. Admiral Oldendorf, commander of the Leyte invasion fire support warships, was not surprised by the order. ...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * But by the end of the year that will change. The United States Air Force is currently operating interim Block 3i configuration Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters with limited capabilities. To unlock the full warfighting capabilities of the new stealth fighter, the service will need to field the Block 3F configuration of the F-35—which is the fully operational configuration that Lockheed is contractually obligated to deliver. Lockheed is expected to deliver the first of those fully operational Block 3F jets later this year according the Air ...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* And millions upon millions would die. India and Pakistan have been rivals since 1947, when the two countries were born from the dissolution of the British Raj in India. The two countries have gone to war four times since then, in 1947, 1965, 1974 and 1999, and been on the brink of war as recently as 2008. The last war, the 1999 Kargil War, was particularly dangerous as both countries were avowed nuclear powers. If a war on the subcontinent went nuclear, how bad could it get? India tested its first nuclear device, codenamed “Smiling Buddha,” in May...more »

*Warfare History Network* *History, * America wanted a giant flying boat; Howard Hughes made it. The Time magazine article was titled “It Flies!” It was a note of triumph and vindication, but also an epitaph, of an aircraft that was five years in the making—the “Spruce Goose,” a plane that should not have existed. Many things were against it, even, to a certain degree, its creator. The week of May 4-10, 1942, saw the loss of 300,000 deadweight tons of Allied shipping to German U-boats, loss rates that were twice new ship launches. Imaginative use of America’s industrial and techn...more »

*Ted Galen Carpenter* *Security, Europe* [image: F-117 Nighthawk. Wikimedia Commons/Public domain] The Kosovo intervention set terrible precedents that have come back to haunt the West. Washington, DC perpetuated and deepened its Balkan blunder a few years after the Bosnia intervention when it intervened in Kosovo. Civil strife in Serbia’s restless, predominantly Albanian province, simmered and then flared in the mid-and late-1990s. This time, Washington didn’t even make a gesture of deferring to the leading European states, but took the policy lead early on. Ultimately, the Unit...more »

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, Middle East* The Trump Administraion announces over $100 Billion in arms sales to Riyadh—including some of Washington's most advanced pieces of hardware. On the eve of President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Washington has completed negotiating a massive $109.7 billion arms deal with Riyadh. Trump is expected to formally sign the deal at a ceremony this Saturday during his visit to the Kingdom. According to White House sources, the United States and the Saudis signed letters of offer and acceptance for eight foreign military sales deals worth ...more »

"What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, you see this damned-to-hell world you got born into, and you ask yourself, 'What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?'" - Barbara Kingsolver

“You still think it's beautiful to die for your country. The first bombardment taught us better. When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all.” - "Paul Baumer", "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) Freely download “All Quiet on the Western Front”, by Erich Maria Remarque, here: - http://explainallquietonthewesternfront.weebly.com/

*"The Slow-Motion Assassination of President Trump”* by Scott Adams "I saw this quote on CNN.com today: “The episode is the latest woe for Trump, whose administration is engulfed in a series of scandals linked to Russia.” A “series of scandals linked to Russia”? Would it be equally accurate to characterize it as a series of stories manufactured by the media, none of which have been confirmed to be a big deal? Today’s headline news is that an alleged Comey memo indicates President Trump tried to obstruct justice in the Flynn investigation by saying to Comey in a private meeting, “I ...more »

"Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” - George Orwell, “1984”

*The Russian Obsession Goes Back Decades”* by Jacob Hornberger "Just consider the accusations that have been leveled at the president: He has betrayed the Constitution, which he swore to uphold. He has committed treason by befriending Russia and other enemies of America. He has subjugated America’s interests to Moscow. He has been caught in fantastic lies to the American people, including personal ones, like his previous marriage and divorce. President Donald Trump? No, President John F. Kennedy. What lots of Americans don’t realize, because it was kept secret from them for so long, ...more »

Assorted content to end your week. - Maureen Conway and Mark Popovich argue that something has gone severely wrong if (as seems to be the case) Wall Street is treating higher wages as bad news: In 2017, America has a jobs problem: It’s not that we don’t have enough jobs, but that we don’t have enough good jobs. We all lose when pay raises for workers – despite rising productivity and quality service – are unreasoningly restrained. Corporate leaders say things like, “Our people are our most important asset.” The problem is that too few act like they believe it. And too many face Wa...more »

*Heat Street:* *Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias* A major new study out of Harvard University has revealed the true extent of the mainstream media’s bias against Donald Trump. Academics at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzed coverage from Trump’s first 100 days in office across 10 major TV and print outlets. They found that the tone of some outlets was negative in as many as 98% of reports, significantly more hostile than the first 100 days of the three previous administrations: *Read more* .... *WNU Editor*: Measuring t...more »

According to a new poll from Morning Consult, just around a third of Americans feel Trump is trustworthy, about the same number who say he has the judgement need to be president. 77% of respondents, on the other hand, feel he's arrogant and 60% say he's reckless, unwilling to admit mistakes. Somehow they managed to find enough people who think he's knowledgeable to report that 41% of Americans are still fooled by the most ignorant man to ever be installed in the White House. Overall, his approval numbers are the lowest ever.42% approve and 50% disapprove. Perhaps more worrying fo... more »

[image: sweden-revokes-arrest-warrant-for-wikileaks-julian-assange] Little is likely to change for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who just learned on Friday that his arrest warrant issued by Swedish authorities back in 2010 has been revoked.

From *Wikipedia*: The Iron Triangle is a 1989 film about the Vietnam War shot in Sri Lanka[1] and directed by Eric Weston. The story is based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong Soldier. This unique fact gives the movie a different perspective than many of the other movies about the Vietnam war and makes black and white distinctions about who were the "good guys" and "bad guys" a little more complicated. The film stars Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday, Jim Ishida, and Ping Wu. Each character helps bring to life the struggle of what it means to fight for ...more »

Courtesy of the New York Times: *President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting. * *“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” * *Mr. Trump added, “I’m not under investigation.” * *The conversation, during a May 10 meeting — the day afte...more »

NOTE: This first appeared in the Charlotte News, May 17, 2017 Susan Ohanian A display at my village library invites parents and others who care about young children’s literacy development to take a look at the new assault on childhood—baby versions of the classics. Cozy Classics, publishers of the baby board-book *Moby Dick*, claim the book “captures the essence of a literary masterpiece” and is the “perfect vehicle for early learning.” In just 12 words! A *Wall Street Journal* reviewer insists that this publisher has “done a service to literate families everywhere.” The infant can ...more »

*This show broadcasts LIVE 8 to 10 pm Eastern Friday, May 19th at FreedomSlips.com - click on Studio B - then gets archived about 24 hours later. **For only $4 a month you can listen to shows on-demand before they are broadcast - and also get free downloads. Help Kevin keep these shows on the air – **Click HERE**! Or if you prefer, PAYPAL a one time donation, or a regular payment, to truthjihad(at)gmail[dot]com.* *First hour: Journalist Jeff Brown, our "resident China expert,"* is the author of *44 Days Backpacking in China* and *China Rising*. As an American expat living in a rela...more »

Image from earth:nullschool showing arctic wind patterns. This is the link to the animated display: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-17.87,70.69,1132/loc=3.799,67.645 In May Arctic ice continues to be more extensive than recently. As previously reported, central and Atlantic sea ice is above decadal averages. The image below shows surprising growth since day 120 (April 30), with a pause the last few […]

*Paul R. Pillar* *Saudi Arabia Israel Iran Religion, Middle East* President Trump flies to Saudi Arabia with a policy trajectory that involves weighing in heavily in local Middle Eastern rivalries, so much so that there is talk not only of twelve-figure arms sales to the Saudis but even an “Arab NATO”. To understand how misguided is such strong taking of sides in those rivalries, recall by way of contrast the circumstances under which the real NATO was created. Western Europe was still struggling to recover from the destruction of World War II. It faced a Soviet Union with hug...more »

*National Interest:* *Video: Could Kabul Fall to the Taliban?* According to U.S. Code Title 10, the secretary of the Army is “responsible for, and has the authority necessary to conduct, all affairs of the Department of the Army,” including such functions as “recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, servicing,” and the “formulation of policies and programs . . . that are fully consistent with national security objectives and policies established by the President or the Secretary of Defense.” Today’s Army is suffering in almost all of those areas. Before the House A...more »

[image: fcc-votes-to-end-net-neutrality-and-restore-a-free-market-internet] The FCC voted Thursday to put an end to so called Net Neutrality, correcting one of the worst regulatory missteps in the history of the FCC. The 2-1 vote reverses the 2015 vote that reclassified Internet service as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.

Here let me wave this pamphlet around so it looks like we are actually trying to do something. Courtesy of LA Times: *Health insurers across the country are making plans to dramatically raise Obamacare premiums or exit marketplaces amid growing exasperation with the Trump administration’s erratic management, inconsistent guidance and seeming lack of understanding of basic healthcare issues.* *The growing frustration with the Trump administration’s management — reflected in letters to state regulators and in interviews with more than two dozen senior industry and government officia...more »

John McDonnell took the opportunity to call out media bias at a live press conference filmed by Sky News. And his pinpoint attack left reporters in the room speechless. The truth bomb During the press conference, a journalist asked about the different media approaches towards Labour and Conservative economic policy. In particular, he asked why […]

*Reuters*: *Vote counting starts after heavy turnout in Iran election* Vote counting began in Iran on Saturday after a large turnout in an unexpectedly tight presidential election pitting President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalize ties with the West, against a hardline judge who says he has already gone too far. Friday's voting was extended by at least five hours to 11 p.m. (1830 GMT) because many people were still waiting in line, state television reported. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said that by law voting could not continue past midnight. Rouhani, 68, who ...more »

I had prepped a missive appraising GOP legislative proposals... but it seems we must always lead with the latest, daily crises. With some Republicans already murmuring about impeachment and getting all moony-eyed toward the notion of "President Pence," let me repeat what I've said for a year now. *"Impeach Trump" is a trap.* Any day, Paul Ryan will make his offer: *"if you Democrats do the heavy lifting, we'll supply JUST enough GOP defectors to get a bill of impeachment passed, okay?"* If the Dems stupidly agree, the GOP will grab a win-win-win. They will get rid of their Tr...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:10 P.M.) – German court sentenced a Syrian refugee to 5 years of imprisonment for being a member of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) and planning a terrorist attack. On Friday, Shaas Al-Muhammad, 20 years old, was found guilty by a court in Berlin based on charges of having links to […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:40 P.M.) – Life has been steadily getting back to normal in Aleppo city since its complete liberation from jihadist forces in December 2016. And city hospitals are affected by improvements as well. New equipment recently installed in Aleppo’s medical institutions has allowed medical staff to perform cardiac surgeries, after a 4-year long […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*“A Monster Eating the Nation”* by James Howard Kunstler “Is there any question now that the Deep State is preparing to expel President Donald Trump from the body politic like a necrotic organ? The Golden Golem of Greatness has floundered pretty badly on the job, it’s true, but his mighty adversaries in the highly politicized federal agencies want him to fail spectacularly, and fast, and they have a lot of help from the NY Times/WashPo/CNN axis of hysteria, as well as such slippery swamp creatures as Lindsey Graham. There are more problematic layers in this matter than in a Moldavi...more »

In this latest shocking development we hear how Theresa May wants to introduce a Government controlled Internet in the UK. It was only a few months ago new rules were implemented forcing Internet providers in the UK to hold records of everyone’s browsing history. Well, now it seems she would like to go one step … The post Theresa May Proposes Controlled Internet Comparable To Communist China appeared first on OYE Alternative News.

As Zygmunt Bauman passed away in January, now is as good a time to dip into his books. What's interesting in his *Liquid Modernity* (published in 2000) is how perceptive he was on matters relating to ontological anxiety/insecurity that have wreaked havoc on established politics across the world. He expands on these further his 2006's *Liquid Fear*, which is on the book pile. Urban legend among sociologists has it that in his latter years, Bauman used to spend his mornings writing and the rest of the day watching *Jeremy Kyle* and the like. He was immersed in everyday television cul...more »

Calls for Brazilian President Michel Temer's ouster are growing louder due to allegations of government corruption. Pilar Olivares/Reuters Brazil’s political turmoil is going into overdrive, exacerbated in recent days by the discovery of a tape recording allegedly of President Michel Temer approving some US$600,000 in hush money to pay off a disgraced political ally. Temer denies wrongdoing and is rebuffing calls to resign even though the new reports are consistent with others that implicate the Brazilian leader and his associates. Along with leaked audio of damning conversations, a...more »

Jennifer Rubin, a right-winger who's always refused the Trump Kool-Aid, thinks the president's scandals are causing "the downfall of a generation of Washington Republicans": Either during or at the end of his first term, Trump’s presidency will end, voluntarily or not.... When the party — or what remains of it — looks for leadership, where will it turn? Not to the likes of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who opportunistically backed Trump after declaring his unfitness. Not to the likes of Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who became Trump’s palace guard, vouching for C...more »

*Reuters*: *Iranians line up to vote as Rouhani faces strong hardline challenge* Millions of Iranians queued up to vote on Friday, showing strong turnout in an unexpectedly tight election pitting President Hassan Rouhani, who wants to normalise ties with the West, against a hardline judge who says he has already gone too far. Voting was extended by at least five hours to 11 p.m. (1830 GMT) because many people were still waiting in line, state television reported. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said that by law voting could not be extended beyond midnight. Rouhani, 6...more »

A senior media specialist for the National Education Association, Robyn Swirling, posted to Facebook and Twitter the false claim that Shadowproof outed someone with a disability in a news report on a development related to the case of Trevor FitzGibbon. Shadowproof published the following, which was attributed to Al Thomson, The post Statement On False Claim That Shadowproof Outed Person With Disability appeared first on Shadowproof.

*"11-Year-Old Shocks Cybersecurity Experts: * *Anything on Wi-Fi Can Be Weaponized"* by IWB "This kid from Austin, Texas, just stunned a crowd of cybersecurity experts at a conference in the Netherlands by demonstrating how just about anything can be “weaponized” when it’s connected to the Internet. American wunderkind Reuben Paul, may be still only in 5th grade at his school in Austin, Texas, but he and his teddy bear Bob wowed hundreds at a timely cyber security conference in The Netherlands. "From airplanes to automobiles, from smart phones to smart homes, anything or any toy can...more »

I was very excited yesterday. Do you recall the post about how the big shots and recruiters at the DCCC are not among the 110 co-sponsors of John Conyers' Medicare-For All Act? In it I made the point that Wall Street-captive and Pelosi/Hoyer heir apparent, former New Dem chairman Joe Crowley, the backroom boss of the Queens Democratic Party Machine, is one of the House Democratic Leaders refusing to sign on as a co-sponsor. Soon after the post went up, an inside source called me and said Crowley or one of his staffers read the piece and he decided to become an official co-sponsor....more »

The main focus of Russia's interest in the Syrian war is now in raising the siege of the eastern desert city of Deir Ezzor. The post Syria’s war moves east focusing on ISIS and Deir Ezzor appeared first on The Duran.

Having dropped what many people see as hints that the murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich was the source of the DNC emails leak, it is incumbent and in the public interest for Julian Assange and Wikileaks to say whether he was or not. The post Here’s why Julian Assange and Wikileaks should come clean on Seth Rich appeared first on The Duran.

*When the crematorium news made the rounds earlier this week I noticed and stated..* *"We're getting into Holocaust™ territory with this claim.* *Reinforcing well known, well worn mind viruses"* *flashback: **Assad's (Hitler) Crematorium Claims the US* *Keep that specific spin in mind as you read the next item up for your perusal.* * The Jews (self-identified) say"President Trump: When your in Israel Next Week- you'll be 140 miles from the Syria Crematoria (that most likely doesn't exist) For the Love of God (WTF?) Bomb it Now.* *Directly below is the ad placed in WaPo by this ...more »

[image: globalist-french-president-gets-to-work-empowering-eu] The ruling establishment in Europe, along with its globalist agent, Rothschild banker and new French President Emmanuel Macron, appear to be absolutely tone deaf to the growing outrage across the continent.

[image: russia-calls-u-s-air-strikes-on-pro-syrian-forces-completely-unacceptable] The U.S.-led coalition waged an air strike against a pro-Syrian militia saying “it appeared” the Syrian forces were poised to attack an area that included U.S. advisors.

*Rob Quist might be hard for Steny Hoyer and his K Street goons to relate to* The Montana special election to fill Ryan Zinke's seat is this Thursday-- 5 days from today. Recent public polling shows Democrat Rob Quist getting closer. Internal polling-- done for both parties after Comey was fired by Trump-- supposedly shows a dead heat. A dead heat means the race isn't about who's spending more on TV ads; it means who has a better ground game and who gets out the vote on Thursday. The DNC has decided to kick in in a big way for Ossoff's race next month in GA-06. But they're not helpi...more »

Journalists flocked to Yorkshire this week to read Theresa May’s resignation later. The 88 page letter was entitled: FORWARD TOGETHER: THE CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO. Limits have been reached Ordinarily, a general election manifesto lays out the key problems facing the country, and offers solutions for affected voters. Instead, Theresa May has decided to perform a flamboyant […]

By Paul Homewood https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/2017-conservative-manifesto-in-full/# The Tory manifesto also contains the above statement. On the face of it, if we have got half way in 27 years, it should not be hard to get the rest of the way in the next 33. But, unfortunately, it is not quite as simple as that! […]

Courtesy of NBC News: *Vice President Mike Pence is launching his own PAC — the "Great America Committee" — to aid his own future political interests, including helping Republican candidates ahead of the 2018 midterms. * *The group, which filed paperwork with the FEC on Wednesday, will be able to use the funds to cover the costs of the vice president's travels on Air Force Two to campaign on behalf of GOP candidates across the country. * *This is the first time a sitting vice president has formed such a separate political arm. Former administration officials have used either part...more »

[image: undefined] Donald Trump ran on a platform of improving relations with Russia: his victory was a mandate for that policy. Yet the real power in this country doesn’t reside within the ballot box, and that reality was brought home when the Justice Department appointed a “special counsel” to investigate “any links and/or coordination with the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.” After months of leaks coming from the intelligence agencies, who bitterly oppose the new policy, and a barrage of innuendo, smears, and character a...more »

*From E-Mail* *Q - What are you reading these days, LL? * I just downloaded two books on Kindle:* Fields of Fire* by James Webb and *G-Man* by Stephen Hunter. *A -* I recently finished *The Malocchio Of Bodie *by Jules Smith and *Rimworld - Into the Green* by Jim Curtis (both of whom comment on this blog from time to time). *Proof of Collusion* (finally) in other* Domestic News* The Deep State has a narrative that they want us to swallow. Despite the shrill, hysterical, absurdities spouted by the corrupt, elite, lying mainstream media, I think that they're being ignored. They ...more »

*BBC:* *Julian Assange defiant as Sweden drops rape investigation* Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will not forgive and forget attempts to arrest him over rape allegations which led him to seek asylum in Ecuador's London embassy. Hailing an "important victory", he said he was prepared for dialogue with the US and UK authorities. Mr Assange, 45, is wanted in the US over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. Sweden said on Friday it had decided to drop its rape investigation. Meanwhile Ecuador urged the UK to allow him safe passage out of the country. *R...more »

Conscious rapper Lowkey had already voiced his support for the #RizeUpUK campaign for voter registration. But now, he has joined the ranks of numerous other UK musicians in giving his full backing to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. And his argument is both simple and powerful. A real choice Lowkey has long been an outspoken opponent […]

*"The Knives Come Out for Trump"* by Bill Bonner "Yesterday, stocks fell. And volatility shot up. Reports Bloomberg: ‘The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 370 points, Treasuries rallied the most since July and volatility spiked higher as the turmoil surrounding the Trump administration roiled financial markets around the globe. Major U.S. stock indexes tumbled the most in eight months, while the CBOE Volatility Index [which measures investors’ expectations of price swings on the S&P 500] jumped the most since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union last June, shat...more »

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis gestures during a press briefing on the campaign to defeat ISIS at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas *Reuters*: *U.S.' Mattis: North Korea military solution would be 'tragic on an unbelievable scale'* U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that any military solution to the North Korea crisis would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale" and said Washington was working internationally to find a diplomatic solution. "We are going to continue to work the issue," Mattis told a Pentagon news conference. "If th...more »

Though well-known cancers like breast and prostate cancer are still the most common, America has gotten really good at diagnosing rare cancers, according to a new study. This is a significant achievement, because rare cancers can be challenging to diagnose, often resulting in numerous physician visits, misdiagnoses, and substantial delays in diagnosis. Rare cancers have become an area of priority for some researchers and public health advocates because treatment options are often more limited and less effective than for more common cancers. read more

Nigel Farage stood up for himself and for basic reality while a mainstream media reporter went into full meltdown mode. The post Nigel Farage defends himself against a fanatical German interviewer appeared first on The Duran.

I don't think we're going to be rid of President Trump anytime soon. The most promising investigation, that of special counsel Robert Mueller, will probably be slow and deliberate. If crimes are discovered, it's quite possible the culprits will be only the usual suspects -- Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Roger Stone. *Art of the Deal* co-author Tony Schwartz may believe that Trump will resign if impeachment seems to be on the horizon, but we expected Trump to quit the presidential campaign on numerous occasions, and it never happened. And it's very hard to imagine Trump bei...more »

Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry spotted something very telling in the Conservative Party’s manifesto. And it says everything about the kind of ‘Global Britain’ Theresa May wants us to become. Just the two of us… In their manifesto [pdf], the Tories promise to “develop alliances and co-operate more with old friends and new partners”. They […]

-- A reporter was pinned to the wall by security guards and later bodily ejected from the Federal Communications Commission building after he dared to ask a question in a public hallway. An FCC official later explained that when it comes to the agency's brazen attempt to privatize the Internet, the de facto policy on journalistic questions is threat neutrality. A threat is a threat is a threat, First Amendment rights be damned. Therefore, the Federal Communications Commission is refusing to communicate any further about this incident. -- Seth Moulton, a Democratic congressman, profo...more »

*VICE News:* *The war you’ve never heard of* *The U.S. is waging a massive shadow war in Africa, exclusive documents reveal.* Six years ago, a deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Special Operations Command gave a conservative estimate of 116 missions being carried out at any one time by Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and other special operations forces across the globe. Today, according to U.S. military documents obtained by VICE News, special operators are carrying out nearly 100 missions at any given time — in Africa alone. It’s the latest sign of the military’s quiet but e...more »

*David Axe, Daily Beast:* *Russia’s ‘Killer Satellites’ Re-Awaken* *The trio of mysterious spacecraft were idle for at least a year. Now they’re zooming toward foreign satellites again—and no one really knows why.* A trio of mysterious Russian government satellites startled space experts when, shortly after blasting into low orbit between 2013 and 2015, they began dramatically changing their orbits, demonstrating a rare degree of maneuverability for small spacecraft. Now after being idle for a year or more, two of the mystery-sats are on the move again. On April 20, 2017, one of t...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:30 P.M.) – Amaq Agency published a series of photos on Friday backing up claims of a succesful attack carried out against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in eastern Homs at the Palmyra salient yesterday. According to the initial Amaq bulletin, 27 SAA soldiers were killed-in-action, dozens injured and a number of armored […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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